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Rum Baba

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    18–20

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
World's Best Cakes: 250 great cakes from Raspberry Genoise to Chocolate Kugelhopf

By Roger Pizey

Published 2013

  • About

The original form of babas was much taller, similar to the Babka, but since the 1840s the Rum Baba has been baked in this shape and with fruit and rum. Don’t let these little cakes be forever stuck in the 1970s. Liberate them for the 21st century and enjoy with a little red fruit and cream.

Ingredients

  • 20 g (¾ oz) fresh yeast
  • 200 ml (7

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/gas mark 3, and grease 18–20 small Savarin moulds well.
  2. Whisk the yeast into the milk and leave in a warm area for 30 minutes.
  3. Mix together the flour, sugar, salt, eggs and lemon zest, and then add the yeast mi

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